Easy peasy monkey cake

I knew that I wanted to make Jack a cake for his first birthday, but having recently returned back to work I also knew that time was somewhat limited. I hunted high and low on the internet for an easy recipe that didn’t require me buying Lakeland out / dusting off my magimix / breaking the bank on special ingredients and finally stumbled across one. It’s genuinely super easy, and I promise you, anyone can make this. I am by no means a “baker” and let’s just say, this ain’t going to pass as shop bought. But I kinda like it that way. Hope you give it a go one day 🙂

What you will need:

280g butter

250g self raising flour

25g cocoa powder

250g sugar

5 large eggs

2 tsps of vanilla essence

2 tsps of baking powder

Betty crocker chocolate icing

Better crocker vanilla icing

Pack of giant buttons

Pack of catherine wheels

Mix the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, mix, then add the vanilla essence.

In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder